Motion For Early Punitive Damages Discovery

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR A SAMPLE DISTRICT

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Respondent .....................................

MOTION TO SECURE RESPONDENT = S FINANCIAL RECORDS

The Moving Party, having asserted claims that include a prayer and demand for punitive damages, hereby requests that this honorable court enter an order permitting the parties to engage in the early discovery of the Respondent=s financial records for the following reasons:

1. On ............... 20...., the plaintiff (Moving Party) did file a multi-count complaint against the defendant (Respondent) seeking both compensatory and punitive damages.

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78. Normally, in tort cases, access to the defendant=s financial information is permitted only after the plaintiff obtains a judgment against the defendant, not before. There are, however, significant advantages to be obtained from early discovery of that information (see footnotes that follow).

2. The lawsuit is in the nature of a claim for:

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